2018-08-09: Magnet for Dumb Pipe Thieves - a podcast by Samuel Minter / Iván Bou

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's main topics are Election 2018, Alex Jones getting kicked off various platforms, and all the corruption in and surrounding the Trump administration. Before all that, a few bits on kid accounts for online services, a book and a movie Sam watched, and some adventures with cars.

Show Details:

Recorded 2018-08-09

Length this week - 2:00:40

• (0:00:15-0:31:02) But First
  
  
  
  • Agenda
  
  
  • The real Importance of the Corn Palace
  
  
  • Kid accounts for online services
  
  
  • Book: The Eyre Affair (2001)
  
  
  • Movie: Space Jam (1996)
  
  
  • Ivan's car alarm rescue
  
  
  • Leaving keys in the car
  
  
  
  


• (0:32:17-1:05:47) Election 2018
  
  
  
  • OH-12 Special Election
  
  
  • People mad at Greens
  
  
  • Primary results
  
  
  • Democratic wave?
  
  
  • State races
  
  
  • Trump effect
  
  
  • Sam votes
  
  
  
  


• (1:06:56-1:30:02) Jones Removals
  
  
  
  • Platform or media?
  
  
  • Does presence of alternatives matter?
  
  
  • Private company rights
  
  
  • Human judgement and standards
  
  
  • Slippery slopes
  
  
  • Governmental vs corporate censorship
  
  
  
  


• (1:30:46-2:00:20) Corruption
  
  
  
  • Wilber Ross grifting
  
  
  • VA run out of Mar-a-Lago
  
  
  • Trump Cabinet
  
  
  • Trump and family
  
  
  • Grassroots grifting
  
  
  • Manafort
  
  
  
  

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)

Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)

Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)

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